Canada

20/02/20
Author: 
Bruce McIvor
BC Legislature and 'We Stand with Wet'suwet'en' sign
February 20, 2020
 

Canada has reached a watershed moment.

Will it continue to bulldoze Indigenous rights in the name of resource exploitation and jobs and profits for the few, or it will renounce its colonialist past and strike out on the path of respect, collaboration and partnership with Indigenous people?

20/02/20
Author: 
Alejandra Borunda
Methane gas leaks from the ground both naturally and from coal, oil, and gas extraction. New research shows that more of the gas in the atmosphere comes from the fossil fuel industry than previously thought. PHOTOGRAPH BY KATIE ORLINSKY, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
 
SCIENCE

Natural gas is a much ‘dirtier’ energy source than we thought

Coal, oil, and gas are responsible for much more atmospheric methane, the super-potent warming gas, than previously known.

 
20/02/20
Author: 
Nick Martin
No Pipeline sign - Jason Hargrove/Flickr Creative Commons
February 17, 2020
 

Protests have brought rail travel in Canada to a standstill and introduced the fight against Coastal GasLink to the broader public.
 

20/02/20
Author: 
Brent Patterson
Molly Wickham - Sleydo’
December 23, 2019
 

The Wet’suwet’en Nation is opposed to a fracked gas pipeline crossing their territory in British Columbia without their free, prior and informed consent.

To assert their sovereignty over their territory and stop surveying and construction activities related to the pipeline, the Unist’ot’en and Gidimt’en clans of the Wet’suwet’en Nation established two checkpoints on key roadways on their lands.

20/02/20
Author: 
Eugene Kung, Staff Lawyer
'Raise a Paddle' water ceremony near TMX Westridge terminal, 2017 (E.Kung)
February 19, 2020

The saga surrounding the Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker expansion project (TMX) saw two major developments this month.

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